Fla. Lawmakers Expanded Housing Efforts In Slow Session

By Nathan Hale

At a time when housing affordability is a major concern among constituents, Florida state lawmakers produced mixed results in the realm of real estate during their 2026 session, taking some significant actions but also not reaching consensus on numerous proposals, including the most prominent — property tax reform.

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Publix Couldn't Foresee Active Shooter, Fla. Panel Says

By David Minsky

Publix Super Markets Inc. wasn't required to anticipate an active shooter at one of its Florida stores, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday, upholding a lower court decision tossing a lawsuit alleging the chain could have prevented the 2021 fatal shooting of a toddler and grandmother.

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Loomer Not In Contempt For CAIR Remarks, Judge Says

By David Minsky

A Florida federal judge declined Tuesday to hold political activist Laura Loomer in civil contempt for allegedly violating a settlement agreement not to publicly disparage the Council on American-Islamic Relations, finding Loomer wasn't barred from last year's responses to the nonprofit's online statements criticizing her views on Muslims. 

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Fla. Court Ends Ex-Bank CEO's Bid To Revive Contract Claims

By Carolina Bolado

A former bank CEO can't file another amended complaint against First Horizon Bank claiming he was set up as a scapegoat in the legal fallout of a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, a Florida appeals court ruled Wednesday.

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11th Circ. Won't Revive Ex-JetBlue Worker's COVID Mask Suit

By Patrick Hoff

The Eleventh Circuit backed JetBlue's win in a lawsuit claiming the airline violated federal disability bias law when it refused to let a flight attendant work maskless during the COVID-19 pandemic, ruling that she waited too long to file a presuit charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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Ga. Officials Must Face Claims They Violated Race Bias Deal

By Grace Elletson

The Eleventh Circuit ruled that Georgia county school officials can't escape a Black ex-teacher's suit alleging they ignored a race discrimination settlement that required enacting a plan to address hiring bias.

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Fla. Panel Affirms Zillow's Win In Merger Battle

By Carolina Bolado

The co-founder of a real estate software company that was acquired by house-hunting platform Zillow Inc. cannot recover the money he says he is owed from the 2013 merger because his claim is time-barred and is not covered by the Florida Unclaimed Property Act, a Florida appeals court ruled Wednesday.

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BofA Faces Suit Over Alleged $328M Crypto Ponzi Scheme

By Emilie Ruscoe

Bank of America NA is the latest financial institution to face claims it aided and abetted a $328 million Ponzi scheme allegedly operated by the now-criminally charged CEO of cryptocurrency investment firm Goliath Ventures.

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Carnival Can't Escape Child Slip And Fall Suit

By Mike Curley

A Florida federal judge denied Carnival Corp.'s attempt to throw out a suit alleging a child slipped and suffered a brain injury in the pool area of a cruise ship, agreeing Wednesday with a magistrate judge's finding that the company "misses the mark" with its arguments.

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DLA Piper Lands Shook Hardy Products Liability Pro In Miami

By Madison Arnold

A longtime Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP trial lawyer specializing in high-stakes product liability and complex litigation has joined DLA Piper in Miami, the firm announced Wednesday.

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Health Litigator Rejoins Holland & Knight From In-House Role

By Madison Arnold

A former Holland & Knight LLP attorney has returned to the firm in Jacksonville, Florida, after a 10-year stint in-house at Florida Blue, a subsidiary of GuideWell Mutual Holding Corp.

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Bid Protest Spotlight: Commerciality, Amendments, Evidence

Recent decisions from the U.S. Government Accountability Office and the Small Business Administration illustrate the statutory and regulatory preference for acquiring commercial solutions, how failing to acknowledge a solicitation amendment can be fatal to a bid, and a protester's duty to support its allegations with evidence, says James Tucker at MoFo.

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Law School's Missed Lessons: The Human Element

Law school teaches you to quickly apply intellect and logic when handling a legal issue, but every fact pattern also involves a person, making the ability to balance expertise with empathy critical to the growth of relationships with clients, colleagues and adversaries, says Rachel Adcox at Adcox Strategies.

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Texas Biz Court's Likely Role In Patent Fights Becoming Clear

By Dani Kass

The Texas Business Court has released its first opinion exploring when intellectual property can be used to create jurisdiction, and attorneys say the decision involving state trade secret law offers insight into when patent matters can be pursued there.

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Conn. Justices Won't Hear Ex-Alex Jones Atty's Ethics Case

By Andrea Keckley

The Connecticut Supreme Court will not hear a challenge to the two-week suspension of Alex Jones' former lawyer, leaving intact an intermediate Appellate Court decision affirming the pared-down punishment surrounding his law firm's handling of Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre victims' personal information.

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Calif. Bills Would Reform Litigation Funding, Client Recruiting

By Emily Sawicki

Two new bills introduced to the California Assembly this week seek to impose reforms on the state's legal industry, including adding mandatory disbarment for attorneys convicted of felony "capping" — or illegally paying for client recruitment — and blocking corporate litigation funders from influencing cases.

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Senator Unveils Draft AI Bill Intended To Wipe Out State Regs

By Hailey Konnath

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., on Wednesday released a draft of proposed legislation that would override a "patchwork" of state artificial intelligence regulations, touting the proposal as protecting "children, creators, conservatives and communities" and slamming the state regulations as hindering "AI innovation."

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Biotech Investor Blames Pierce Atwood For Messy Asset Sale

By Julie Manganis

A Ukrainian billionaire who was recently ordered to pay other investors in a failed genetic testing company more than $1.8 million in damages is blaming the Pierce Atwood LLP lawyers who advised him on what a court later found to be a "fundamentally unfair" forced asset sale.

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Powell Says He Won't Make Fed Exit While Facing DOJ Probe

By Jon Hill

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday that he will stay on as a board member of the central bank if he remains under U.S. Department of Justice investigation when his term as Fed chairman runs out this spring.

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